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CATFISH AN UP AND COMING SPECIES BY LUKE MOFFAT(part3) |
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THIS PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 17/04/05 |
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I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND PRETTY
CRAZY TO SOME OF YOU, BUT LAST SEASON ON THE SAONE IN THE WARM WEATHER AND
SURROUNDED BY EXCELLENT FISHING, I OFTEN THOUGHT HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO DO A
SESSION ON AN ENGLISH CATFISH WATER. I DO MISS MY ENGLISH FISHING, SUMMERS
EVENING TENCH OR EEL FISHING, AND THE THOUGHT OF STALKING A BARBEL REALLY
MAKES ME HOMESICK! MOST CAT ANGLERS WHO GET BITTEN BY
THE BUG, USUALLY END UP HEADINNG FOR THE CONTINENT. IT’S AN OBSESSION IN THE
END, YOU JUST HAVE TO CATCH A BIGGER CAT, AND THE NATURAL RIVER VENUES OF
EUROPE HAVE AN APPEAL ALL OF THEIR OWN. I REMEMBER PLANNING MY FIRST TRIP TO
EUROPE, I WOULD BE THINKING, PLANNING, MONTHS IN ADVANCE, THINKING WHERE TO
GO, WHAT TO TAKE ETC. IT WAS ALL PART OF IT FOR ME. IT WOULD START BY
STUDYING A MAP, OR FROM A SNIPPET OF INFO FROM A FOREIGN MAG OR SOMETHING,
THE WHOLE THING WOULD BE AN ADVENTURE. FOR ME IT WAS VERY EXCITING, THE
NEARER THE DATE CAME, THE MORE YOUR THOUGHTS BECAME OCUPIED BY YOUR PLANS.
THEN THE MAGICAL DRIVE DOWN TO THE FERRY, HAVE I GOT EVERYTHING? TACKLE,
SUPPLIES ETC. IT’S WEIRD, I MEAN IT’S NOT LIKE YOU ARE OFF TO EVEREST OR SOMETHING,
IT’S ONLY FRANCE. THE THING IS WITH EURO VENUES, IF YOU
FANCY IT GIVE IT A GO, IF YOU PREFER TO STAY IN THE U.K. THEN THAT’S OKAY
TOO. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER
IF YOU DO LEAVE OUR ISLAND TO GO OF ON A FISHING ADVENTURE, IS THAT IT’S YOUR
HOLIDAY TOO, IT SHOULD BE AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. TRY TO AVOID THE “ALL OUT” ASSAULT,
LETS “FISH OUR HEAD OFF” ROUTINE REMEMBER TO GET SOME REST, STICK TO THE
RULES AND TAKE A BLODDY SHOWER. GOOD LUCK LUKE MOFFAT ORIGINAL ARTICLE FROM CATTALES 1999 |